Window guard



' Sept. 22, 1925.

J; E. RABER wINDow GUARD, Filed Aug. 26. 1924 Patented Sept, 22, 1925.4 n

fin the county of Stark and State VVot Ohio,

N (UNITED STATES JOHN n. nanna, or CANTON', oHIo.

- i VWINDOW GUARD.

Applicationlled August 2.6, V1924. Serial' No. 734,359.

T all whom t may concern y:

Be it known that I, Jol-1NV E. zen-of the United States, residing at Canton,

have invented `certain new and useful lm! provements in /Vindow Guards, of whichthefollowing is a speciiication. j, lThe invention relates to improvementsin protectors orguardsfor windows, and'has nioreespecial reference to a guard`particul'arly adapt-ed for use upon they swinging sash of a coal cellar window, andthe present invention is an improvementover my prior Patent No. 1,213,537, datedJanuary 23, 1917.

`The' objects` of the improvement are to provide a` guard or protector)whichwill'protect the glass panel of the swinging sash when the same isin the open position and which` will automatically swing downward away frointhc glasspanel `when the sash is moved intothe closed position, Vpermitting the light to pass through the glass panel.

The above and other objects may be attained by constructing ythe guard inthe manner illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which-f .l

Figure 1 is a perspective'view of a coal cellar, window having a swinging sash pro* vided with the improved guard, showing the sash in the open position.

Fig. 2, an interior elevation of the coal window, showing the sash inthe closed posi-y tion and the vguard in the normal lowered position;

Fig. 3, a transverse sectional view showing the parts in the same position as in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4, a similar view showing the sash in the openl position and the guard in position to protect the glass panel; and

Fig. 5, a detail perspective view of the brackets upon the sash which support the guard.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The frame of the cellar window is shown at 5 and may be provided with the stationary hinge ears 6 to which the movable hinge ears 7 of the swinging sash 8 are connected, the hinge being preferably of the construction shown in my prior Patent No. 1,193,058, issued August 1, 1916.

The window frame may be provided with the chute 9 of any usual construction within which is pivotally mounted a hopper 10.

which may be of the form disclosed in my copending application filed of even date.

HABER, a citi-- glass panel 11 is provided in the swing# ing sash 8 and arranged to be protected 'by thewmdow guard'12 when the sash isin the vopen position. as shown in'Figs. 1 and 4.

This guard is in the'iorm of a heavy sheet or plate of metal, slightly largerthan the glass panel and provided along one horizontal edgewith'thehali round bars 13, which maybe riveted orotherwise secured thereto.

A' pair ol' spaced brackets 14 and. V15 are fixed upon the inner side of the' swinging sash, near the lower edge thereof and provided with the angular ears 16 and 17 respectively. The ear 16 isprovided with a keyholeslot 18 and the ear 17 is provided with a substantially keyhole-shaped slot 19 opening at its largerend into a notch 20. I ,a The half roundwbar 13 is of substantially the width of the narrow portions of the slots 18 and 19 yandhas a diameter substantially the same as the diameters of the enlarged yin Figs. 2 and 3, at which time the weight of the guard plate will cause the half round bar 13 to drop into thel enlarged portions of the keyhole slots when the bar is free to rotate; the guard plate dropping by its own weight away from the glass panel and going to rest upon the bottom, of the chute, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

In the same manner as the swinging sash is opened, the guard plate will assume a substantially vertical position, the half round bar 13 rotating in the enlarged portions of the keyhole slots as the sash is raised, and as the sashassumes the fully opened position, shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the half round barwill slide downward-into the reduced portions of the keyhole slots, hold ing the guard plate in position over the glass panel.

A latch 21 may be provided yupon the swinging edge portion of the sash and arranged to be released by a cord or other flexible member indicated at- Q2, and ez;- tended 'to `a 'convenient point inside of the coal window.

From the above, it will be "obvious t'hat a simple and efficient guard is provided to protect the glass panel of the swingingor Yplate having a Connection to the swinging sash at one edge only, the operation of the guard Vplate vis au'tomaticrwith the 'opening and closing of the swinging sash.

I claim:

1. A window guard of the ycharacter described, including a sash hinged at one horizontal edge, a guard plate hingedly connected at its Vupper edge Yto said hinged sash andlnea-ns in the hinge of the guard plate for holding 'the guardfplate parallel to the lsash in the open position, and until the sash reaches substantially the closed position and for permitting the guard plate to swing away from the' sash in the closed posi- `tion.

l2. A window guard of 'the character 'described, including a sash hinged at one horizontal edge, a glass panel in the sash, a guard plate hingedly connected at its upper edge to the swinging edge of Athe sash and ineans the hinge off 4the guard plate for holding "the guard plate over tthe glass panel when 'the sash is in the open position, and until the 'sash reaches substantially the closed position and for permitting the guard -plate to swing away from the glass panel when the sash is in the closed position.

3. A window guard of the character described, including a sash hinged at one horizontal edge, a `glass paneljin the sash, 'ears at the swinging edge of the sash and provided with keyhole slots and a guard plate provided 'at its 'upper edge with flat side pintles vlocated in said keyhole slots, Whereby 'the 'guard plate is held over the glass when the sash is in the open position and until 'the sash reaches substantially the closed position 'and is permitted to lswing away 'from the glass when the sash is in the closed position.

a. A window guard of the character described, including a sash hinged at one hori- Zontal edge, a glass panel in the sash, ears at the swinging edge of the sash, and provided with keyhole slots, a 'gi'i'a'rd plate having a half round bar at one horizontal edge, the ends thereof being located in the keyhole slot, whereby lthe guard 'plate is held against the glass panel when the sash is opened and until the sash reaches substantially the closed position, and is permitted to swingaway from the glass panel 'when the sash is closed.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

JOHN E. RABER. 

